June 22, 1942 – May 18, 2024

Services for Mrs. Connie Lee Miller, 81, of Bixby, were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2024, in the Sequoyah Memorial Chapel at Forever Memories Funeral Services in Sallisaw, with Heath Wood officiating. Burial followed at Akins Cemetery.

Mrs. Miller was born June 22, 1942, in Gentry, Ark., to Jefferson White and Reola Eldridge. She died on May 18, 2024, in Tulsa.

She and her husband, Don, eventually moved to Don’s hometown of Sallisaw to purchase Miller Farm Center. She began working for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in Sallisaw and was transferred to Tulsa offices, where she retired.

Survivors are her children, Dr. Marsha Turner and Dr. Jim Turner of Sallisaw, Dr. Gaylon Miller and Adeline of Broken Arrow and Brittain Keifer of Bixby; her grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Barbara Lee; brother-in-law, Bob Lee; nephew, Tony Lee; former husband, Don Miller; and former husband, Charles Gillam.

Pallbearers were Gaylon Miller, Chase Miller, Jim Turner, Jadon Turner, Shadoe Turner and Noah Keifer.

Honorary pallbearers were her nieces and nephews.